How to Reframe Your Words

• The main goal of their statements or actions is to signal their good moral values, especially to others.
• They’re being disingenuous in their actions, and not acting in accordance with their actual values.
• Their actions will have little to no meaningful impact on the state of ...

Pursue intrisic goals: Achieving goals that you are intrinsically motivated to pursue, particularly ones that are focused on personal growth and community, can help boost happiness. Research suggests that pursuing these types of

One potential problem when changing behaviors is that we're too often motivated by negatives such as guilt, fear, or regret.

• Research found that long-lasting change in behavior is most likely when it's self-motivated and rooted in positive thinking.
• Studies have also...